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2011 Draft Budget Documents - Amendments 

Date:  31 January 2011

 

As directed by Council motion on January 26, 2011:

 

WHEREAS the Standing Committee Budget books were aligned with Standing Committees based on the former Terms of Reference; and

 

WHEREAS staff are reviewing the Books to ensure that the budgets items are addressed by the Standing Committee with the mandate under the new Terms of Reference; and

 

WHEREAS Standing Committee Budget reviews begin on February 1st, prior to the next Council meeting;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Treasurer, in conjunction with the City Clerk and Solicitor and affected Committee Chairs, be delegated the authority to route budget pages to the appropriate Standing Committee; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any changes are sent to all Members of Council and posted on ottawa.ca.

In accordance with this motion, the following areas in the 2011 Draft Budget tabled on January 19th need to be amended.

 

Planning / Community and Protective Services Committee budget documents

In the original Planning Committee budget document, all housing related operating and capital programs were presented.  Upon further review, the Planning Committee pages have been amended to only present the Affordable Housing operations budget.  All 2011 capital authority requests will be considered by the Community and Protective Services Committee.

 

In addition to the 2011 capital requests, the Community and Protective Services Committee will also consider the operating budgets for housing programs, shelters and homelessness support initiatives.

 

We would ask that pages 41-53 of the Planning Committee budget document be removed and replaced with pages attached as Package 1.  For the Community and Protective Services Committee budget document, please insert the pages contained in Package 2 after page 180.

Transit Commission / Transportation Committee budget documents

The following 2011 capital authority requests contained in the Transit Commission budget document have broader transportation network related impacts and are therefore recommended to be addressed by the Transportation Committee.

To be considered by Transportation Committee:

·         905393 Origin Destination Survey 2011 (page 21 Growth)

-          Transportation Master Plan related

·         903271 Coventry Overpass to Train Station (page 23 Growth)

-          Multi-use bridge

·         904482 West Transitway - Bayshore to Moodie (page 24 Growth)

-          New transitway – environmental assessment

·         905996 Transit Corridor Protection 2011 (page 25 Growth)

-          Road network related

·         905997 Transportation Master Plan 2011 (page 25 Growth)

-          Transportation Master Plan related

·         904683 SW Transitway - Baseline to Norice (page 26 Growth)

-          New transitway – environmental assessment

·         905183 TMP Supplementary Transit Network (page 27 Renewal)

-          Dedicated lane due to road congestion

·         905994 Park and Ride Facilities 2011 (page 28 Renewal)

-          Planning and environmental assessment

 

To be considered by Transit Commission:

905975 Non-Revenue Transit Vehicle Additions – 2011: (page 21 Renewal)

905983 Transit Network Capital Projects – 2011 (page 22 Renewal)

Transit related infrastructure renewal projects: Pages 29-33

Transit related IT and other projects: Pages 34-45

 

The IT projects are consistent with the IT Roadmap as approved by the IT Sub-Committee, so for budget purposes and consistent with the Transit Commission’s Terms of Reference; these will be addressed within the Commission’s budget review.

 

In addition, the following 2 projects will also be considered at the Transit Commission for approval purposes. However implementation of these projects will be routed from the Transit Commission to Transportation Committee, then to Council.

·         905998 2011 Transit Priority Corridors (page 22 Renewal)

-          deals with the whole road network

·         905999 2011 Transit Priority Measures (page 23 Renewal)

-          deals with whole road and traffic network

 

The above changes are reflected in the attached Package 3 and Package 4.  We would ask that page 131-149 of the Transportation Committee budget document be replaced with Package 3 and that pages 17-52 in the Transit Commission budget document be replaced with Package 4.

 

Should you have any issues or concerns please feel free to contact me or Leslie Donnelly.

 

Marian Simulik                                                                                                    Leslie Donnelly

City Treasurer                                                                                                      Deputy City Clerk                              

                      

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